Harold Rhenisch Linda Rogers Essays on Her Work					News and Views . . contact
		Essays Guernica Editions. May, 2005.4.5 x 7. ISBN: 1-55071-191-1, 176 pp.  Contents   Quotes Linda Rogers is the poet of childhood   .She is also a people's poet, a story teller and a singer of blues for children, a novelist, and a winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for humour. In this volume, poets Barbara Colebrook Peace, Harold Rhenisch, and Patricia Young, poet and translator Allan Brown, short story writer John Gould, and critic Ronald B. Hatch cast light on the spiritual and creative life of this flamboyant and passionate writer who reveals the power of childhood to renew and to trasnform adults and children alike.			Books Vizpo Essays Reviews Audio Editing Workshops Readings Reviewing Philosophy Testimonials Biography Awards Publications Links Photo Album Purchase My Publishers Home

Contents Table of Contents Introduction, Harold Rhenisch Making God: Poetry as Spiritual Practice, John Gould Coming Out of Silence, Patricia Young The Genesis of Linda Rogers, Harold Rhenisch Whose Words Have Been Stolen or Erased, Barbara Colebrook Peace Linda Rogers and "Children's Writes," Ronald B. Hatch Worlds Turned on Their Heads: the Adult Novels of Linda Rogers, Allan Brown   Finding Grace Through Music: An Interview With Linda Rogers, Harold Rhenisch   The Writing Life: an autobiography, Linda Rogers   A Bibliography of the Works of  Linda Rogers   Linda Rogers: A Biographical Note   top Quotes from Linda Rogers   "Mother Theresa said we must all do something beautiful for God. That is what I learned from my parents who, although they left behind the religion of their ancestors, are people whose charactrrs are based on the principle that you can only do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I was told as a child that I would be measured by my generosity and not what I accumulated. We were taught to be non-competitive, only to do our best when it was best for everyone."   "Our favourite place to visit is the Queen Alexandra Solarium, where severely disabled children respond to music and to being touched. Most of the patients are the victims of asphyxiation. It is hard to believe we let it happen. They are a metaphor for all the children who are not getting enough air. As we get closer and more competitive in the crowded world, we are discovering that we need liturgies for living. That is the poet's job description, as I see it."   "To fight your mortality is to fight yourself."   top